On the Set: Michael Bay prepares the new model 'Transformers

With 'Dark of the Moon,' the director wants to blow up the memory of 'Revenge of the Fallen.'

May 01, 2011|By Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times

Michael Bay stood with his hand on his hip and inspected the surface of the moon — the gray dunes and silent ridgelines spread out before him, stretching off into the dark distance. He turned to a visitor and grinned. "C'mon, that's pretty great, right?"

It was just another day on the Playa Vista set of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," and the fast-moving filmmaker was passing by the lunar surface set that filled one hangar-sized soundstage on his way to a neighboring set where returning star Shia LaBeouf and franchise newcomer John Malkovich were waiting for their camera call.